This is in the top perfumes I've ever smelled or owned, and if I had to pick a perfume to wear every single day I'd probably choose this. It is wildly versatile, and changes with each season and gives you something new to enjoy.
It is so absolutely beautiful, creamy, aromatic, clean, fresh and all the while full of nuance and character that makes it really feel like something special. An absolute thing of beauty.
Also as someone who hates men's fougeres, this is not that. This is a real salute to lavender in the best way possible.
A conifer tree. Dried tree bark, a sweet sappy cone, green tree needles.
This to me is what a green scent should be.
It smells like a place in time. A walk in the forest.
This has the same spirit as the now devastatingly discontinued Magenta Pop. The fruity animalic genre is a deeply underappreciated genre, and this is another sublime addition. Very rich in juicy strawberries, a concoction of other red fruits and tarty cocktails, with that same yeasty twist that makes Magenta Pop so alluring. I really wish Prin would expand on these two and add more to the line up in the same vein as this.
So many times I try a fragrance that someone says is animalic, and I always disagree. However THIS absolutely has an animalic element in it. It smells like animal fur. It's not sweaty or dirty, it just smells like I've picked up a small animal and smelled it's fur.
Here's the thing though, you only get that note if you stick your nose right into skin. In the air it smells rich in violet petals. It smells so clean and smooth, and in such a way that no gender applies to it.
It's a cozy scent. When I first tried it, I blew this off as being boring, floral and not very animalic. I'm glad that I had a sample that I could then come back to a few months later. It's dirty in an actually animalic way. I smell like I've rubbed an animal all over me. It makes me feel like I've been transported back 100 years, and it's a fascinating sensation to experience.
I've always loved the idea of gourmands but I often find them too sweet, sickly and overbearing. I was close to writing off gourmands completely until I smelled this.
This was just a random blind by from a sample set with no expectations. On strip I just got some gentle animalic notes and not too much else and put it to the side. Decided to spray it on skin and give it a full go, and I'm delighted to discover how wonderful this is on skin.
The opening hits you briefly with a strong dose of warm nutmeg and spices, that admittedly I'd have loved to get more than a couple of seconds of as I keep wanting to reapply, and then after a few seconds the spices settle and you are finally met with a wall of strong clean waxy ambergris and cacao that comes together to smell like a high-end chocolaterie. There is no cheap sugary sweetness to it at all. Just a warm cacao with a vanilla blanket. Underneath all of this is an animalic base that never becomes stinky or dirty. The hyraceum just adds this warm hug to the overall experience creating a close and comforting feel, and giving it a wonderful character to the body of the fragrance. It has synthetic castoreum, but definitely in very low amounts and hard to detect. It's a very well balanced experience.
It's not a punchy fragrance by any means though. It settles down quickly into a skin scent so you'll definitely need a few sprays to get it to the point it will jump out at you as you wear it, as one spritz on the skin may leave you hungry for more.
If you like warmer scents but not too big on scents that creep into the gourmand territory I still think it's worth looking into as you may surprise yourself.
The image this paints for me when I wear it is a small town old beach-front shop in the UK that's full of inflatables and plastic buckets and spades warming up in the light of the summer sun, mixed with an air of slightly melting sweets. The warmth of the old wood frames in the old building releasing a nostalgic warm wood scent, the creamy smell of warm lotion-soaked skin, all being washed over by a fresh sea breeze coming in through the door.
Despite what you may think from the notes, this is absolutely a scent to wear in WARM WEATHER. Pick a nice day where the temperature is in the low to mid 20's celsius and sunny. The ozonic and melon notes really come out and sing, and the darkness in the backbone of this become more like a creamy skin vibe in the warmth. In the winter this can go a bit flat and not really punch the same, and feels like you're not getting the full blast of what this scent is all about.
Absolute genius perfumery, with I think a reputation plagued by people's aversion to what's on the notes list. Ignore that and just try it.
Sweet, fruity, addicting, sparkly, warm, incense stick adjacent. Civet-y twang adds a yeasty beer-like vibe to the whole thing that's incredibly addictive.
Sadly discontinued, so stocked up on multiple bottles.
Don't get to wear it as much as I like, as my partner thinks it smells like an underpass wall drenched in stale piss. I strongly disagree.
Warm, complex, spicy vanilla fragrance. Brings a sense of being cozy on first spraying like you've come home to a place both familiar and welcoming in the best possible sense. It develops some woody facets as it progresses but maintains a vanilla undertone throughout. Not ground-breaking but very well put together!
Powerful.
If ADG isn't strong enough for you, give this a go.
Citrus notes try their best to brighten up the maelstrom in the deep sea which is threatening to pull everything into it.
There's almost a white wine note here, and something like gasoline and metal in the distance.
Some spicy peppery notes mingle around dark salty aquatics thanks to an overdose of Ambroxan.
The calone and hedione introduce a small balance of watery sweetness and florals, but are par on par with the salty green seaweed, woody notes, and musk.
Overall, it's a dark and spicy acquatic scent with woody and smoky incense notes. The citruses do come through the depths quite often.
I really enjoy this - but I can see why others wouldn't.
There’s something cheap, thrifty and throwaway about this fruited musk perfume but it’s somehow elevated to minimalist, elegant, and deliberate by the fact I love this brand. So I’m disclaiming there with a bit of admission to confirmation bias Truly santa and truly Italian Angeli has a very clean æsthetic, soapy, white musks driving the mid. The top consists of a very understated melon note blending into a suitably clean and tidy floral accord, can’t really get the exotic edge of jasmine or ylang from this, smells quite the moist, yet aerated ‘white’ floral. I like this balance I think the melon works with the floral works with the musks, it’s a holy trinity, a fragrant SOP which just works and flows perfectly. I like it. Great for spring and summer, fresh and unlikely to offend anyone, they’ll probably just think you smell like you’ve had a wash, which not a bad thing at all.
Not my favorite. Way too piney and so much frankincense. Super strong though and lasts forever.
So unbelievably good And one of my all time favorites. Tonka bean, plum, vanilla…what’s not to like. Plus it’s really strong. Just hard to find and get here in the states.
tuberose jasmine and ylang ylang coming together to maximize their joint slay
A very marketable oud. The opening has a little metallic and medicinal twinge on my skin, maybe the saffron?
The passionfruit is bright and sweet with a little tang and stays throughout the scent.
A lovely fruity oud, with warm balsamic notes, hits of leathery rose.
ok so they say this is a Delina clone and I do have both and they smell very similar. I won't say it's a one for one but it's an amazing resemblance and for under $40 you just can't go wrong. Simply a wonderful rose scent
I'll start off by saying that it's not an exact copy but i also won't need to purchase a whole bottle of atomic rose now so for less than $30 this is a win all day long. i don't know if it was oud or the incense but whatever that mysterious like darker note that's in atomic rose this fragrance doesn't have that. but the rose in this is just as amazing. I haven't got to give it a full week wearing yet so can't speak to the longevity for most people but the guys I work with said they can still smell it on me after a 12 hour shift
Although the notes don't suggest it, this is very much a barbershop style aromatic fougère.
The woods are soft, warm, and creamy. There's smooth spice from Tonka, and some warmth from the rum, without the boozy hit.
There are fresh aromatic and herbal notes throughout.
Fresh and soft, yet warm and inviting.
Really pleasing scent in my opinion.
Stunning bottle, not so stunning price !
For such a cheap perfume, this offers a really lovely, quality incense and resin bouquet, it's totally unique and doesn't have any scratchy, cheap smelling crap underneath. The only gripe I could have is that it doesn't last too long but for the price I'm happy to reapply. The soapy, elemi opening with its light floral tones puts me in mind of vintage Amouage, like maybe silver man and/or opus I.
For sure a love at first sniff for me. Like putting your face into a tin bucket of iced tea with some freshly cut celery leaves thrown in. Probably the best scent to wear if you want to feel refreshed. People around you will love it. The only thing in my wardrobe that my wife says she plans on stealing sprays of. Exhudes a modest confidence and an approachability lacking in many modern fragrances. Green, a little sharp, juicy, pretty straightforward, definitely worth a full bottle or blind buy I'd say. Mrs. Meyers cleaning products makes a dish soap called "pear tree" that smells 90% similar to my nose. If you love uplifting daytime scents that smell natural, seek this one out. My wife gives it an 8.5/10. (I think Agua Brava is the only one she's ever rated a 10.)
VERY old school
It doesnt get any better for an office or school scent lots of fresh citrus in the opening. Not overpowering or offensive bright fresh clean scent. It's not complex but not completely linear looses some of the citrus but not all of it. I work in a powerplant this isn't gonna choke the guy out beside you. All in all it's my newest go to every day. Usually 3 sprays around the neck and 12 hours later I can still smell it on my clothes at quitting time
I love love love this. This is hands down the most complimented perfume I own.
While I also love Delina, the original, this one is just that little more fresh in the opening somehow. The opening is a little less tart, as it lacks the rhubarb, but the drydown feels almost the same.
Sparkling, fresh, juicy opening, and a creamy, floral, warm and sweet drydown that lasts for ever :)
This is pretty, but for me the dry down is a bit too dry and woodsy. I think it is probably the cashmeran, which is a new note for me.
Phew but does this have staying power! The sillage is moderate, you can easily smell it but not in an offensive way, so good for office I would say. It lingers however to the point where you need to wash your clothes if you want to get rid of the smell in the fabric :D
It starts out as a pretty, my-skin-but-better scent with a musky, but spicy, peppery accord, and as said, a dry/woody drydown.
I adore this scent. It opens with a juicy sparkling mandarine / orange note that radiates pure sunshine and happiness.
Sillage is close, I'd say, it is not overpowering, so this is great for office, very inoffensive. It has staying power too, as I can usually smell it 4 to 6 hour later.
It dries down to a pretty orange creamsicle type of scent: the orange stays but gets softer and less bright, and the musky basenotes come more forward.
